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ICE Is Cold

And it is heating up the people of Minnesota

By Denise E LindquistPublished 10 months ago • 2 min read
ICE Is Cold
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Protesting is for someone with a heart!

Oops, did I say that? That can smart.

Sometimes I wonder when I hear the rhetoric.

People paid to protest? I don’t believe that ick

and never will. I have been in protests, and they all cost me,

and I didn’t always benefit, but it was the right place to be

the right thing to do. Did they make a difference? Yes.

High school. We couldn’t wear pants to school, I guess

it was only skirts, and the style was mini skirts. Vietnam War.

Done soon after the protests. And others. Several more.

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I lived close to Duluth, and when a cause would come up,

the hippies would come out of the woodwork. That filled my cup.

The issue got attention. I was there. Never paid.

Different situation, I hear. No. Not really. Yes, there was no raid.

And still it was a cause that needed attention, just like this one

The real cause is not criminal illegal aliens. Didn’t see anyone

who was accused of that. I saw innocent people gunned down.

Murdered. Lies were made up about the two people. The clown

said terrorists — easy to claim, when the ignorant want to believe you.

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The truth is that someone wants the chaos to lead to more violence.

The government is liable for all that has occurred here. All a squew.

Well crooked, not in alignment of right. The nonviolence

from the protesters is something that would be hard to do

when taking so much from ICE. A day of remembrance

for two people murdered in Minnesota in cold blood

by the government! Will be coming to a town near you soon.

Take the focus off the Epstein files and the criminal man in the moon

Maybe he can get a medal for that, too, as it is looking

like another distraction. Awards and medals for everything,

and yet meaning nothing. A distraction, so no action is taken.

Wake up, people. You really can’t be that dumb. Awaken

and smell the roses. They aren’t smelling very pretty right now.

Abolish ICE Now — No more funding — Contact your congressmen now!

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com

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Denise E Lindquist

Retired, working part-time as a Native American culture consultant. I have an MSE, and an ABD. I write on Vocal, and Facebook. Poetry, non-fiction mostly, and working on fiction. Wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.

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    Written by Denise E Lindquist